Did a season at hotham in 2000 and was super keen to take the splitty and check out feathertop. 1 or 2 people were kinda keen but never happened. Have heaps of good riders there and alot doing 5 plus seasons there but just not really interested. Its not exactly the kooteneys but half the fun the adventure. Good to see some locals getting at it
@@FirstFallFilms had no idea, how strange that the Aussies are left out, and those others are not. Aussies definitely have home grown some high lever ski and snowboarding talent over the years.
Such high quality production and really interesting topic. Please make more stuff about the snow scene in Aus. Thredbo’s probably never going to put Val D’isere out of business but it’ll always be ours and always emotive and special. Liked and subbed.
Thanks for putting this video together team. Australian family living in Utah since 2021, not here for snow but do love a ski: 17 yr teen competed in freeride 4 regional and 1 junior National qualifier this yr. Was a surprise. First season competing & quite the ride! Big learning curve, lots of nerves. By comp 5 teen was like, ok got how works, ready for next season. Takeaway. Need comp time. Would be great to see junior comp series in Australia 12+ for experience. Venues yes need challenging terrain and diverse features. Found USA venues terrain and snow varied a lot! Steepness, technicality, length, features ; agree with video it does not have to be perfect snow and look like European alps to be a venue. Its what you can do on the day. Australian has the terrain if we have the imagination. Airs is only a part of the story which why video so great, showed the control and flow. Well done!
Loved the film,, but not too inspired by the terrain. It seems like the only kind of FWT caliber face would be Mt Feathertop, which has a 350-400m vertical drop until you get to the forest. It's also in the backcountry, half a day's walk away from Hotham. It looks like you dont get much snow, and that it's often quite wet (with wet slides on the face in the images). Maybe the lack of terrain is a bigger hindrance to the rise of freeriding than the lack of competitions, honestly
Probably the fact that there is no helis or skidoos allowed would be more of a factor. On a powder day, people trek out early and drop in out of bounds in many great spots. A lot of great boarders have come from Hotham. Best natural half pipes in the world in the gullies. 👍🏻
Western faces like Watsons crag would be the best option. More accessible would be blue lake and club lake which has some great terrain. But it's a decent hike out
It's quite common to get boilerplate ice in the backcountry in Australia too. While I absolutely love skiing there we have lots of great terrain hidden away but along with accessibility, the average snow conditions would surely make it extra difficult to organise a successful freeride event far in advance.
Great film! Pretty rare to get blower stable conditions for any southern hemi FWQ anyway, might as well give it a crack in Aus. BullerX was a good step in the right direction, would be good to get something similar going again
Couldn't agree more mate! After speaking to many athletes who compete across the globe we found that most events have less than ideal conditions anyways. Thats just the nature of the sport. The wheels are in motion and its all coming together! Watch this space.
The most amazing thing is the feeling skating gives you, personally its all i ever wanted to do for 20 years now. It's my freedom It doesnt matter if I'm sad, mad, or depressed as soon as i jump on my board all those worries disappear and all that's left is pure passion and yes sometimes it can be frustrating when you can't land whatever your trying but I've realized after so many years of slams and lands that you can't get in the way of yourself don't overthink it. Just commit and trust the board. I find it hard to blend with society or have the drive to do anything but Skate, I totally agree it's an Art and I believe that i have learned more life lessons thru Skateboarding then any other aspect of life. Most of all to never quit and to always get back up. I also think that's what makes it so raw because most people want pleasure and ease but skaters struggle everyday and more then often succeeded then fail. Society wants everything right now. But for a skateboarder understands it's all about progress not perfection. We learn and we grow every time we step on the board. ~SkateLife~ ✌
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I have just come out of a three year mental, emotional and physically abusive relationship. It took so much courage to finally leave but I finally made it. I recently picked up a board from 28 years of not even touching one and I can say skateboarding saved my life. I contemplated suicide several times during my marriage and even after I left as I tried to deal with the residual effects of my trauma. I went out and bought a new setup and have been riding for almost three months. I cannot begin to tell you how much this has saved my life and sanity. I'll forever be grateful for skateboarding and how it has helped and will continue to provide comfort in my mental health.
I feel like people let me off easy because I'm a girl. I've had my board slide out and hit people but they've just said to keep trying and that they're glad to see girls skating which is weird as fuck cause if I was a guy they would for sure be yelling at me.
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